South Sudan: NUTRITION OFFICER (NATIONAL POSITION)

Key Accountabilities:

Technical Support & Management:

· Plan and coordinate implementation of community mobilisation and health and nutrition education activities

· Oversee implementation of project activities in nutrition, as part of the wider integrated project with FSL and WASH

· Training of Community Nutrition Workers (CNWs) on key nutrition messaging, screening of SAM and MAM cases, referral and/or treatment

· Plan and coordinate community mobilisation and health and nutrition education activities on HH and community level

· Ensure screening is done on community level and referral system is in place for treatment services, provided by partners on the ground

· Supervise routine nutrition programme implementation of community messaging campaings, referrals and preventive services on the field level, using supervision checklist

· Ensure quality supervision of treatment services and community level implementation of the nutrition programme

· Organise monthly meetings with the nutrition programme community volunteers and report the outcome to the Project Coordinator

· Organise regular planning meetings with the team and report to the Project Coordinator

· Support the planning, training and implementation of nutrition surveys and assessments

· Provide support to the community volunteers as required during implementation of activities

Coordination & Representation:
· Liaise with key partners including County Health Departments, local leaders, NGO partners, and other stakeholders (as necessary) to ensure good links between nutrition treatment and other sectors

· Establish, building and maintaining links with health and other nutrition services (SFPs and SCs)

· Attend nutrition cluster coordination meetings at the State level as directed by the Project Coordinator

· Ensure good links between the nutrition programmes with special attention to referral cases

Reporting:

· Ensure that regular reports are collected on a timely basis and to the correct standard

· Assist in compilation of statistical data and draft appropriate reports on activities as directed by the Project Coordinator

· Work with finance to prepare financial requests and ensure the timely reporting of expenditure

Administrative and Other Duties:

· Provide weekly written reports on activities to the Project Coordinator, including data entry.

· Submit appropriate requests for supplies to avoid stock out at service delivery units; follow up on orders and monitor consumption.

· Make regular physical inventory of all nutrition supplies at service delivery points and report back to the Project Coordinator

· Any other duties as required by the line manager.

Application Submission Criteria:

Please send a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification along with your CV to Human Resources at recruitment.ssud@pah.org.pl or submit your application to the Human Resource department, Juba OR Johanniter Wau office.**

Please indicate the position you are applying for in the subject line i.e. “Application for the position of Nutrition Officer”

This Position is open to only qualified internal candidates.

Note: due to urgent need to fill this position, short listing may take place before the advertisement dead line.

We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within the closing date we regret that your application has been unsuccessful.